EASTER 2012

EASTER basket

EASTER dress

EASTER dinner

EASTER nap

Mayor's Egg Drop

Our church partnered with the city of Brandon for a community wide Easter Event. Instead of an egg hunt, it was an egg drop, 10,000 to be exact from a helicopter over Shiloh park. Prior to the drop the little kids got to run around gathering eggs by age group. H bomb got ONE egg and it was a sympathy egg from a friend. But I don't think she really cared, she was just happy to be outside playing with her BFF KR. Besides the egg hunting/dropping she was able to meet and have her picture taken with the Easter Bunny and pet some cute farm animals in the petting zoo area. We all had lots of fun!



Ready to race for the eggs!

Hanging with the bunny!

She wasn't so sure about the animals.

 

 Cheesin' with Mommy and Daddy!

Field Trippin'

This past week H went on her very first school field trip. She and her friends went to Pump It Up, a local gym filled with inflatable slides, obstacle courses and jumpy things, for lack of a better term. Judging by her dare devil antics at the park I thought she would be all climbing, sliding and jumping all over everything...WRONG! My poor baby was terrified. She wouldn't get on anything even with me or her teacher, Ms. Honey, on it with her. So she spent the morning running around the gym and playing with all different size balls.

Pouting inside the jumpy thing

Doing some "gymnastics" on the mats

After playing on the inflatables for a while lunch was served then DESSERT! We don't normally (ever, really) let H have candy but today was a special occasion. And since her friends Jackson and Loxley's mom made some special Easter cupcakes I let H have just a taste. She took just one bite of the cupcake but went to town on the jelly bean decorations on top. It literally took her 5 minutes to chew one jelly bean and she was drooling ALL over the place. It was cute and I think she really enjoyed her treat.

Lunchtime!

Next came Easter egg hunting time. Now this was the most fun she had on her field trip! She loved finding the eggs and putting them in her pail. She even braved an inflatable obstacle course to get some eggs. After all the eggs were retrieved she wanted to open all of them. It's like she knew there was more candy inside. I was able to hold her off with just a package of Smarties and that seemed to satisfy her.

Standing in line like a big girl waiting to go egg hunting

She found some!

The ONLY time she got in the inflatables.

Trying to get a picture of all the kids.

H's first field trip was a super success even though she was scared to death of the inflatables. She had lots of fun playing with her friends and hunting Easter eggs. It was also good practice for all the other hunts we have planned for this year.

SOLD!

Yep, that sticker says SOLD on the For Sale sign in our yard! Hallelujah! We are so thankful that this part of the journey is over, well all most over. The contract is signed, the inspection is done and we are just waiting on closing day April 30.
NOW starts our search. We thought we'd found a great home but things didn't work out as we'd have liked so we are on the hunt again.  It's hard to look for a home after thinking we'd found "the one". I keep comparing everything to it. But we are trying to put it behind us, broaden our search and look, look, look! Please pray for us during this journey that we are open to the house HE has for us.

Haircut for H

Lately H-bomb has started to show signs of becoming a wee bit diva-licious. She digs through my make up bag then mimics me while I powder my nose, etc. She loves "lipstick" or anything that resembles it (one day I caught her puckering up swiping a crayon around her lips). Her nails must be painted at all times, even though she eats the polish off after a few days. She likes to brush her hair and mine and ALWAYS wants a bow in.
Since she now enjoys girly things I thought it was the perfect time to take her for her first haircut and maybe avoid a meltdown in the chair. She has beautiful curls all over her head except in the front which was getting kind of long and stringy. So last Friday afternoon to the salon we went...

This is the before picture.

The consultation. Doesn't she look like a big girl?

She was loving it!

A mini meltdown when she "lost" her hands. She was ok

when we showed her they were just under the cape.

A MAJOR meltdown because of the blow dryer. I'm talking

 about alligator tears and a look of sheer terror on her face.

Meltdown over, now she's picking out her product!



ABC's

Can most kids say their ABCs at 18 months? I have no idea but I'd like to think my child is a genious since she can. In this first video she forgets a few letters but I think it's because dinner is destracting her. She gets them all in the second video that was recorded a few days later. She's 18 months old people! Pure genious, genious I tell you! If your child, neice/nephew, neighbor, whoever was saying theirs at this age or much earlier please spare me and just let me think my child is way advanced.

Rounding out 2011

The last week of December we continued our holiday cheer by heading South to visit with family. Our first stop was to see Chris, Julie & Carter and Rip, Alison & Easton. When we drove up to their house H-bomb jumped out of the car and ran right up to Carter like they were old friends. They had of course played together before, several times actually, but it's always amazing to me the way kids react around other kids.

This cute picture is of H-bomb and Carter holding hands walking in the house.

Carter has fun toys! H-bomb didn't want to stop jumping!

The next day we explored all around outside at Granny's house. H-bomb loved walking in the fields, riding on the tractor and "helping" her Daddy do some chores. Her favorite thing was riding in the golf cart. We made some miles that day! I could tell she was getting sleepy so we slowed down our pace & I started singing old Troubadour songs to her & she fell asleep right on the seat next to me.

All bundled up to play outside.

I love this picture!

It was a quick trip but a fun one. We love spending time with family and feel so blessed to have ALMOST everyone within a short drive.

Be Merry 2011 (part III)

Christmas morning came early this year at our house. Jeff and I hadn't had much sleep, partly from playing elf and partly from being excited about H-bomb's reaction the next morning. She woke up at her usual time around 7, asked for her bow and a cup of milk, also the norm for her, and began to stroll into the living room. But today it was filled with Christmas cheer!

Checking it all out.

And this is what she saw! Didn't her Daddy do a great job on the kitchen?

The 1st thing she wanted to do was wash her hands!

Then climb inside the fridge!

Opening a few presents.

We rounded out the day with a nap then traveling over to Vicksburg for Christmas Day Appetizer Dinner at my Mom's house. H-bomb wanted to bring a few toys but I think Lane and I ended up playing with them instead of her. It was a great 2nd Christmas for us and H. Having family here was very special for us and we hope this tradition continues.

THE END (of Christmas)

Be Merry (part II)

Christmas week was a BUSY week! We got back to Jackson in time to meet my Aunt Elane and cousins Bo and Reid who had just arrived from Atlanta. As I've previously said, my family is quite competitive and we LOVE to play games, so game night ensued directly after dinner. I don't remember what they played or who won, but I know there was LOTS of laughter and yelling and screaming!

The next day we went to "Christmas in Canton" to see all the lights. IT WAS FREEZING! We took a quick stroll around the square and finally found a shop selling coffee & beignets to warm us up. The line was out the door so by the time we got to the front they'd run out of beignets and all the coffee was cold! What a bust. I'm pretty sure we spent more time sitting in traffic than we did actually looking at the lights.  

We look rough and H-bomb wouldn't look at the camera for anything but it's one of the few pictures of all 3 of us so I had to include it.

A slightly better picture of the girls!

On Thursday we went on our annual (ANNUAL?? this is just our second year, but it sounds good) trip to Bass Pro Shop to see Santa. One of the Santa's there is the husband of one of my Co-workers so we had to go when he was working. H-bomb got all fixed up in her Christmas outfit, her hair was just right, we practiced smiling and that girl wouldn't even hardly look at the camera once she got in Santa's lap! STINKER!

I guess she was cute enough sans smiling because Santa was still good to her Christmas morning!

On Christmas Eve we went to church with my Mom. H-bomb stayed in the service about 30 whole seconds before we took her to the "nursery" which consisted of 2 babies and about 1 toy. They pulled out a riding toy for her and I was told they had to pull her around on it the entire time I was gone or she would start crying again. (She knows how to work people) The service was nice, very traditional, which reminded me of Christmas Eve services at FBC Picayune where I grew up. I'm glad we went! No pictures of this event, sorry we were at church!

Christmas Eve didn't end there for Jeff and me. We were up until the wee hours of the morning helping "Santa" with some last minute projects. Jeff was getting high from paint fumes in the garage and I was sewing like a mad woman. It was awesome!

Working like little elves!

See what I mean about a busy week? Between guests, outings, work and Christmas prep it was exhausting and FUN! I wouldn't have it any other way!